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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






2. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






3. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






4. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






5. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






6. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






7. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






8. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






9. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






10. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






11. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






12. The process of completing each project procurement






13. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






14. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






15. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






16. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






17. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






18. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






19. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






20. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints






21. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






22. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






23. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






24. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






25. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






26. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






27. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






28. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






29. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






30. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






31. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






32. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






33. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






34. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






35. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






36. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






37. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






38. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






39. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






40. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






41. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






42. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






43. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






44. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






45. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






46. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






47. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






48. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






49. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






50. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.